ajingle

American  

[uh-jing-guhl] / əˈdʒɪŋ gəl /

adverb

1. making the sound of something that jingles, clinks, or tinkles: His pockets are always ajingle with coins.

   The silver bells were ringing ajingle.

   His pockets are always ajingle with coins.

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Etymology

Origin of ajingle

First recorded in 1880–85; a- ¹ ( def. ) + jingle ( def. )

Example Sentences

With luck, adroit promotion and an occasional touch of talent, some of the captured quarry end up making the kind of noises that set cash registers ajingle.

From Time Magazine Archive

For all that, Robert Francis Kennedy's pockets are ajingle with the coins of popularity�and, Victor Hugo's sneer notwithstanding, such small change is a politician's most negotiable currency.

From Time Magazine Archive

Presently the court fool came running in, his fool's cap all ajingle with bells.

From Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse by Cory, David

Telephones were ajingle, and outside in the street a dozen motors were parked.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville

Long caravans of pack horses and mules and tented wagons came rumbling dust-covered across the fields, bells ajingle, driven by Cossacks all the way from St. Petersburg, six thousand miles.

From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)